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Francis Loraine Petre OBE (1852–1925) was a British civil servant in India and a military historian upon his retirement. He wrote a two-volume regimental history of the Norfolk Regiment, but is best known for his works on the Napoleonic Wars. The grandson of the 11th Baron Petre, he was educated at Oscott College and joined the Bar in 1880. He took the civil service exam and subsequently joined the Indian Civil Service. He retired as Commissioner of Allahabad in 1900. Subsequently, he chose a literary career, pursuing interests in the history of the Napoleonic Wars. He wrote five books on the Wars, most of which are in use a century later. His studies of ''Napoleon's conquest of Prussia 1806–1807'' (1901) and ''Napoleon's Campaign in Poland, 1806–1807'' (1901) were among the first such books in the English language. He also wrote several regimental histories, a study of Simon Bolivar, and a descriptive study of Colombia. World War I interrupted his literary pursuits; he served in the Finance Branch of the Ministry of Munitions. In 1920, Petre was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire. ==Family== F. Loraine Petre descended from an aristocratic English Catholic family, the House of Petre. His father, the Honorable Edmund George Petre,〔Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1881. Class: RG11; Piece: 47; Folio: 116; Page: 43; GSU roll: 1341011.〕 was born 23 June 1829 (d. 1 September 1889), in London's Marylebone district; he was the son of William Petre, 11th Baron Petre, and his second wife, Emma Agnes Howard.〔Edmund Lodge. ''The peerage of the British empire as at present existing.'' London: Saunders and Otley, 1850, OCLC 457524910, pp. 438–439. Also, "Death of Right Honorable Lord Petre." ''The Ipswich Journal.'' (Ipswich, England), Saturday, 6 July 1850; Issue 5800.〕 Edmund married Marianna Jane Kerr, born in 1831 in Midlothian (Edinburgh), Scotland,〔Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1871. Class: RG10; Piece: 161; Folio: 83; Page: 34; GSU roll: 823299.〕 the daughter of the accountant and stock broker Lorraine M. Kerr, Esquire,〔Scotland. ''1851 Scotland Census.'' Reels 1-217. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Parish: Barony; ED: 54; Page: 2; Line: 26; Roll 389; Year: 1851.〕 They married 3 June 1851, at her home at 26 India Street in Glasgow, Lanarckshire.〔"Marriages." ''Glasgow Herald'' (Glasgow, Scotland), Friday, 6 June 1851; Issue 5045.〕 Edmund Petre worked as a stockbroker.〔Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1861. Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England. Class: RG9; Piece: 458; Folio: 82; Page: 11; GSU roll: 542642.〕 Petre was born at Netherley House, in Aberdeen, Scotland on 22 February 1852,〔"Births." ''The Aberdeen Journal'' (Aberdeen, Scotland), Wednesday, 3 March 1852; Issue 5434.〕 Loraine Petre's younger sister, Rosamund Catherine, was born in 25 August 1857, at the High Elms, in Hampton Court (now Hampton, London).〔"Births." ''The Era'' (London, England), Sunday, 30 August 1857; Issue 988.〕 She married in 1884 to William Henry Hare Hedges-White, an Irish Peer, the fourth and last Earl of Bantry.〔"Death of the Earl of Bantry." ''Manchester Times'' (Manchester, England). Friday, 4 December 1891; Issue 1792.〕 Petre maintained his connections to his illustrious family; in 1873, his cousin married George Forbes, 7th Earl of Granard, and he was listed as a guest.〔"Marriage of the Earl of Granard." ''The Belfast News-Letter'' (Belfast, Ireland), Saturday, 6 September 1873; Issue 55738.〕 In 1887, Petre married Maud Ellen Rawlinson, the daughter of a clergyman; their son, Roderick L(oraine), born 1888 in Indore, India; Roderick attended school near Midsomer Norton and Stratton-on-the-Fosse.〔Francis Philip Whiteside. ''Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901.'' Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives, 1901〕 where he sang treble in the boys choir.〔St. Gregory's School (Downside, England). ''Downside Review.'' 1902, vol. 22, p. 312.〕 Roderick served in the South Wales Borderers in the Galipoli campaign of World War I,〔Army Medal Office.''WWI Medal Index Cards.'' British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 (on-line ). Provo, UT, USA: (Ancestry ) Operations Inc, 2008. Accessed 27 June 2010.〕 and was awarded the Military Cross.〔''London Gazette''. (Issue 29460. 1 February 1916, p. 1337. )〕 Eventually he achieved the rank of major-general.〔''London Gazette''. (Issue 45455. 24 August 1971, p. 9274. )〕 A daughter, Enid, was born in 1890, and a second daughter was born in 1894 and died the same year.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Francis Loraine Petre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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